# 2021 Los Angeles FC season

The 2021 Los Angeles FC season was the club's fourth season in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. LAFC played its home matches at the Banc of California Stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

## Squad
### First-team roster

    As of November 7, 2021
| No. | Name | Nationality | Pos | Date of birth (Age) | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | Jamal Blackman (INTL) | England | GK | (1993-10-27) October 27, 1993 (age 31) | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | Pablo Sisniega | Mexico | GK | (1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 29) | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | Tomas Romero (HG) | El Salvador | GK | (2000-12-19) December 19, 2000 (age 24) | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | Jordan Harvey | United States | DF | (1984-01-28) January 28, 1984 (age 40) | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Mohamed Traore | Senegal | DF | (2002-08-15) August 15, 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Eddie Segura (INTL) | Colombia | DF | (1997-02-02) February 2, 1997 (age 27) | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Mamadou Fall | Senegal | DF | (2002-11-21) November 21, 2002 (age 22) | 19 | 4 |
| 12 | Diego Palacios (INTL) | Ecuador | DF | (1999-07-12) July 12, 1999 (age 25) | 27 | 0 |
| 18 | Erik Dueñas (HG) | United States | DF | (2004-10-18) October 18, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Alvaro Quezada | United States | DF | (1999-03-04) March 4, 1999 (age 25) | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Sebastien Ibeagha | United States | DF | (1992-01-21) January 21, 1992 (age 32) | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Tristan Blackmon | United States | DF | (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 (age 28) | 22 | 1 |
| 28 | Tony Leone (HG) | United States | DF | (2004-04-28) April 28, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Marco Farfan | United States | DF | (1998-11-12) November 12, 1998 (age 26) | 29 | 0 |
| 33 | Kim Moon-hwan | South Korea | DF | (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995 (age 29) | 27 | 1 |
| 94 | Jesús David Murillo | Colombia | DF | (1994-02-18) February 18, 1994 (age 30) | 32 | 0 |
| 7 | Latif Blessing | Ghana | MF | (1996-12-30) December 30, 1996 (age 28) | 30 | 2 |
| 8 | Francisco Ginella (INTL) | Uruguay | MF | (1999-01-21) January 21, 1999 (age 25) | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | José Cifuentes (INTL) | Ecuador | MF | (1999-03-12) March 12, 1999 (age 25) | 32 | 5 |
| 15 | Daniel Crisostomo | United States | MF | (1997-01-16) January 16, 1997 (age 28) | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | Bryce Duke (HG) | United States | MF | (2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 23) | 15 | 0 |
| 20 | Eduard Atuesta | Colombia | MF | (1997-06-18) June 18, 1997 (age 27) | 24 | 2 |
| 44 | Raheem Edwards | Canada | MF | (1995-07-17) July 17, 1995 (age 29) | 27 | 0 |
| 9 | Diego Rossi (DP) | Uruguay | FW | (1998-03-05) March 5, 1998 (age 26) | 19 | 6 |
| 10 | Carlos Vela (DP) | Mexico | FW | (1989-03-01) March 1, 1989 (age 35) | 20 | 5 |
| 16 | Danny Musovski | United States | FW | (1995-11-30) November 30, 1995 (age 29) | 22 | 4 |
| 17 | Brian Rodríguez (DP, INTL) | Uruguay | FW | (2000-05-20) May 20, 2000 (age 24) | 15 | 4 |
| 21 | Christian Torres (HG) | United States | FW | (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kwadwo Opoku | Ghana | FW | (2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 23) | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Cal Jennings | United States | FW | (1997-05-17) May 17, 1997 (age 27) | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Cristian Arango | Colombia | FW | (1995-03-09) March 9, 1995 (age 29) | 17 | 14 |
| 45 | Michee Ngalina | Democratic Republic of the Congo | FW | (2000-04-06) April 6, 2000 (age 24) | 2 | 0 |

### Coaching staff

    As of January 16, 2021
Technical staff :
| Head coach | Bob Bradley |
| Assistant coach | Mike Sorber |
| Assistant coach | Ante Razov |
| Assistant coach | Kenny Arena |
| Assistant coach | Gavin Benjafield |
| Goalkeeping coach | Zak Abdel |
| Director of soccer operations | John Thorrington |
| Director of soccer operations | Will Kuntz |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | Player | From club | Notes |
| December 17, 2020 | FW | Raheem Edwards | Minnesota United FC | Re-Entry Draft |
| December 13, 2020 | DF | Marco Farfan | Portland Timbers | Trade |
| January 11, 2021 | FW | Corey Baird | Real Salt Lake | Trade |
| January 11, 2021 | DF | Kim Moon-hwan | Busan IPark | Transfer |
| January 21, 2021 | GK | Tomas Romero | Philadelphia Union II | Trade |
| January 22, 2021 | DF | Jesús David Murillo | Independiente Medellín | Exercised option to buy |
| March 9, 2021 | FW | Cal Jennings | Indy Eleven | Transfer |
| April 24, 2021 | DF | Alvaro Quezada | UC Irvine | Signed draft pick |
| June 4, 2021 | DF | Mamadou Fall | Montverde Academy | Signed using MLS waivers |
| August 2, 2021 | FW | Cristian Arango | Millonarios F.C. | Transfer |
| August 4, 2021 | MF | Daniel Crisostomo | Las Vegas Lights | Affiliate club signing |
| August 6, 2021 | DF | Sebastien Ibeagha | New York City FC | Trade |
| August 19, 2021 | DF | Julian Gaines | Las Vegas Lights | Affiliate club signing |
| September 13, 2021 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Chelsea | Free Agent |
| September 21, 2021 | FW | Michee Ngalina | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | Loan |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | Player | To club | Notes |
| December 1, 2020 | GK | Philip Ejimadu | Las Vegas Lights | declined contract options |
| December 1, 2020 | DF | Andy Najar | D.C. United | declined contract options |
| December 1, 2020 | DF | Dejan Jaković | Forge FC | Free agent |
| December 1, 2020 | DF | Mohamed El-Munir | Free agent | Free agent |
| December 22, 2020 | FW | Adrien Perez | D.C. United | Re-Entry Draft |
| December 23, 2020 | FW | Bradley Wright-Phillips | Columbus Crew SC | Free agent |
| February 1, 2021 | FW | Brian Rodríguez | UD Almería | Loan |
| March 4, 2021 | MF | Alejandro Guido | San Diego Loyal SC | Released |
| April 16, 2021 | GK | Kenneth Vermeer | FC Cincinnati | Mutually agreed to part ways |
| July 27, 2021 | MF | Mark-Anthony Kaye | Colorado Rapids | Trade |
| July 30, 2021 | FW | Corey Baird | Houston Dynamo FC | Trade |
| September 1, 2021 | FW | Diego Rossi | Fenerbahçe | Loan |

### Draft picks

| Round | Position | Player | College/Club Team |
| 1 | FW | Daniel Trejo | CSU Northridge/Los Angeles Force |
| 2 | DF | CC Uche | Ohio State University |
| 3 | FW | Alvaro Quezada | University of California, Irvine |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### MLS
#### Standings
##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 48 | Qualification for the Playoffs first round |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 48 | |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 45 | |
| 10 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 41 | |
| 11 | FC Dallas | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 33 | |

##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 17 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 47 | |
| 18 | CF Montréal (V) | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 46 | Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 19 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 45 | |
| 20 | Inter Miami CF | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 41 | |
| 21 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 41 | |
* ↑ As 2021 Canadian Championship winners (CAN1)

#### Matches

All matches are in Pacific time